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r74907 | eric.smith | 2009-09-18 09:23:13 -0400 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Issue #6882: Import uuid creates zombies processes. I used a slightly different patch than the one attached to the issue, to be consistent with the style in the rest of the module.
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diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 794b895..1bd2d70 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -219,8 +219,12 @@
# XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
expr = r'(\S+)\s+\((%s(?:, OS ABI:[^\)]*)?)\)[^/]*(/[^\(\)\s]*lib%s\.[^\(\)\s]*)' \
% (abi_type, re.escape(name))
- res = re.search(expr,
- os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null').read())
+ f = os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
+ try:
+ data = f.read()
+ finally:
+ f.close()
+ res = re.search(expr, data)
if not res:
return None
return res.group(1)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ed0692a..daeaa43 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
Library
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+- Issue #6882: Import uuid creates zombies processes.
+
- Issue #6635: Fix profiler printing usage message.
- Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.